CPage 119
- English Word Cassada Definition See Cassava.
- English Word Cassareep Definition A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.
- English Word Cassate Definition To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.
- English Word Cassation Definition The act of annulling.
- English Word Cassava Definition A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.
- English Word Cassava Definition A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
- English Word Casse Paper Definition Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.
- English Word Casserole Definition A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.
- English Word Casserole Definition A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.
- English Word Cassia Definition A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.
- English Word Cassia Definition The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.
- English Word Cassican Definition An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.
- English Word Cassideous Definition Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
- English Word Cassidony Definition The French lavender (Lavandula Stoechas)
- English Word Cassidony Definition The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
- English Word Cassimere Definition A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.
- English Word Cassinette Definition A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
- English Word Cassinian ovals Definition See under Oval.
- English Word Cassino Definition A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.
- English Word Cassioberry Definition The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.